Blue Semester Banquet/Cat trip

Blue banquet:

Cat trip:

There is a phenomenal world renowned photographer (Scoop Anothony) that has been capturing St Kitts life as well as some of the Ross students while he lives down here.  I was fortunate enough to have him photograph me around the island on Tuesday and watch him as he worked on Wednesday.  I felt a sense of empowerment and inspiration while working with him.  In his young age, he has had such a beautiful and passionate life that would humble most people.  I very much enjoy his art, I feel he is able to truly capture the emotion and spirit of the person that others don't see. Check out his amazing work on his website: Scoopstills

Blue/Pink BBQ and the Leadership awards dinner are both on Saturday if the hurricane continues to hold off, but unfortunately I have a lot of work to do before finals, so I will have to skip them.

Because this summer has just been way too hot:  Sleep In The Heat

4th Round of Blocks

Ross was started a recycling program which is great news!  I have almost forgotten how to recycle while being here.  They have a ship that's going to take all the recycling back to the States.
I've started putting aside stuff that I want to sell and this week I'm going to start taking pictures and posting it.

Last sets of blocks!  Now to just start preparing for finals so I can be done with this semester for good.
On Thursday we had our intro to clinics lecture in order to prepare us to pick our rotations for next semester and rank them.  Our mandatory rotations are grand rounds, mock phone call, small animal clinics, bovine, equine, emergency, clinical pathology.  The elective rotations that we can choose from are anesthesia, advanced clinics, advanced bovine, ambulatory, digital imaging, acupuncture, small animal surgery, rehabilitation therapy, primate research, theriogenology, dentistry, or communication.  Hmm what to pick?
I had my anesthesia review on Friday where the professors and techs just asked us some questions so they know we are prepared for anesthesia next semester.

This weekend is the Blue banquet and last cat trip with blue semester!

More awesome pictures from Kellen and Phil's wedding!  Hoot Media and  Proofs

The Rossie

Prom/luau on Saturday night:

I had my dreaded Rossie on Tuesday and I found out that night that I passed it with a perfect score!  It's so exciting and such a relief, so now I can just focus on these upcoming blocks!

  For those of you that don't know, the Rossie is a mock spay on a "sweatshirt" looking model.  For the Rossie exam, you have to maintain aspectic technique; pick out the correct surgical instruments you will need to use; clamp and ligate the "ovarian pedicle and above the cervix"; cut in the correct places; make sure you use the correct surgical knots and correct suture; close the "body wall" (hardest part because you need the correct spacing of suture); close the "subcutaneous tissue" with the correct pattern; close the "skin" with the pattern the instructor tells you; do all of this in under 40mins.

I have a bone lab on Friday where we get to play around with different fixation devices.  I have no plans to be an orthopedic surgeon.
I will be studying for the last set of blocks for the rest of the week and the weekend.
So excited to be home for break in one month!

Things You Didn't Know About Your Vet

The Red, White, and....Stressed

4th of July celebrations had a great turnout with everyone all decked out and of course fireworks later that night.  hat ! 41 days!

I won lots of goodies at the SAFE gala!  Two auctions and one raffle!  One of the auctions included a package with hair products, a gift certificate for a spa day at Pink Daisy, and a heart necklace.  The other auction was for another necklace.  The raffle included wine glass charms and gift certificates for Mojo's (the frozen yogurt place), Ballahoo (restaurant in town), and Rock Lobster.

Girl's Night selfie:

Tuesday I had my mock Rossie.  I have lots of practicing to do before next Tuesday!  I also registered for my next and hopefully my last semester!  The pressure is now on to pass this semester!

I just had a lot of catching up to do all week, so that's literally all I did aside from class.  The weekend will be more of the same.

Are We Done Yet?

St. Kitts Music Festival was this weekend.  I went briefly on Thursday, but a lot of the more well-known performers, such as Tyrese and Kelly Rowland came on Friday and Saturday.  I had never been before and this was my last chance to go, so I'm glad I went.

It's July!...
Monday was our 3rd round of blocks.  I've been second guessing myself on these exams and I'm not doing as well as I would like to be doing.  I need to do something different with my test-taking, but I have no idea what.
I have a Rossie practice lab on Friday in order to get ready for the Rossie in a few weeks!
My semester is throwing a 4th of July party on Friday (obviously the 4th of July), so hopefully that will be a good turnout and lots of fun.  I'm going to a SAFE gala on Saturday night and maybe finally doing the volcano hike on Sunday!

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